February 05, 2023 I wanted to share with you all a number of things that have been or are in the process of planning now. Firstly, we have a new Treasurer and Secretary, Jon Thorkelsson has agreed to take over the position of Treasurer and Caroline Bramwell has taken over

November 11, 2022 Coloplast 2022 World Ostomy Award As the Chairman of the International Ostomy Association I wish to say how impressed I am with the effort that has been put into the organisation and running of the 2022 World Ostomy Award program. The EOA and Coloplast have done a

September 10, 2022 The main thing that I wanted to mention in this message is that we have a new website. The old one was very outdated and needed a replacement desperately. With the good offices of the EOA, ASPOA and the OAA we obtained the funding for this and

July 19, 2021 To all members of the International Ostomy Association Well the world is over two years into the Covid – 19 Pandemic and there is still a huge amount of confusion in many countries over vaccines. New Zealand has been very lucky in that the Government shut the

December 17, 2019 To all members of the International Ostomy Association Well, while 2020 has been a bit of a disaster right around the world there is always a silver lining and this is that there is a vaccine here now and will be distributed in the new year. Many

December 14, 2019 To all members of the International Ostomy Association.The end of the year is now fast approaching and I wanted to wish everyone a very happy and safe Christmas and holiday where ever they may be. I am looking forwards to working with you all in 2020. There

November 10, 2017 November 10, 2017   Greetings to ostomates, those with internal fecal and urinary pouches to maintain continence (Continent Diversions … CD), ostomy/CD related Medical Professionals and browsers of this IOA website. At the IOA World Council Meeting held in Frankfurt, Germany, in November, 2010, a new IOA

November  26, 2016 Greetings to ostomates and website browsers wherever you are. This week the IOA Coordination committee held our first Skype meeting that was very successful even though members needed to be awake at early or late hours to take part. This will be my last message as Chairperson

December 17, 2019 Greeting to Ostomates and website browsers of the IOA site wherever you are. Users of the website will note that Ronaldo our webmaster has updated the front page of the website and there may be more changes to come. The IOA CC will have a Telecon meeting

November 27, 2015 Greeting to Ostomates and website browsers wherever you are. Information is coming from the regions about the celebrations and the events organised for World Ostomy Day October 3rd 2015. The regions’ websites contain picture reports of activities and their reports that follow below the message do as